SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 6-20
Launched
August 8, 2023 · 03:57 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-20 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 8, 2023 at 03:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:57 to 07:19 UTC. It was SpaceX's 268th launch, 55th this year and humanity's 6,489th orbital launch attempt. It was the 189th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 51st this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 5th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30259, one of 15 catalogued objects, from August 15, 2023, was 320 × 323 km inclined 43.0°. 15 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 46 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 5-7 · 660 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 189th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 51st this yearSpaceX's 268th launch55th this yearhumanity's 6,489th orbital launch attempt121st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30259 · NORAD 57521 · 2023-115 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 15 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-115A
- Epoch
- 2023-08-15 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85688269 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001606
- Inclination
- 42.9955°
- Ascending node
- 68.5952°
- Arg. of perigee
- 252.9607°
- Mean anomaly
- 192.8264°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 233
- B*
- -0.0041342
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
15 catalogued: 15 payloads; 14 still in orbit
- Starlink 30259 · NORAD 57521 · in orbit
- Starlink 30256 · NORAD 57522 · in orbit
- Starlink 30261 · NORAD 57523 · in orbit
- Starlink 30260 · NORAD 57524 · in orbit
- Starlink 30253 · NORAD 57525 · in orbit
- Starlink 30257 · NORAD 57526 · in orbit
- Starlink 30250 · NORAD 57527 · in orbit
- Starlink 30269 · NORAD 57528 · in orbit
- Starlink 30266 · NORAD 57529 · in orbit
- Starlink 30270 · NORAD 57530 · in orbit
- Starlink 30268 · NORAD 57531 · in orbit
- Starlink 30251 · NORAD 57532 · in orbit
Show 3 more payloads
- Starlink 30254 · NORAD 57533 · in orbit
- Starlink 30264 · NORAD 57534 · in orbit
- Starlink 30262 · NORAD 57535 · re-entered July 23, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 15 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
116th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 16th this year · 725th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 7, 8:57 PM PDT, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
18 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/8/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 8/8/2023 · source
T-0 is known to the second
Nosu · 8/7/2023 · source
Setting GO
hitura-nobad · 8/7/2023 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2023 · source
Added launch date and window, moved launch pad per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 5/22/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-20 launch?
Starlink Group 6-20 launched on August 8, 2023 at 03:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:57 to 07:19 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-20?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-20?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-20 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Aug 7, 8:57 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 5th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-20 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30259, one of 15 catalogued objects, from August 15, 2023, was 320 × 323 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-20 launch?
15 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 14 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-20 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink